Compensation - Softcover
Devin Krukoff_s debut novel offers a bizarrely entertaining premise: the purpose of life is to avoid work in all its manifestations. Acknowledging the psychological architecture of his life, Richard Parks reconstructs the anatomy of this singular philosophy from his earliest recognitions. Whether drawing his slacker_s inspiration from his original muse _ a grade school boy with leukemia _ exploiting his father_s death for charity and pity, or devising the strategies that would parlay illness and injury into personal gains, Richard_s twisted reality attracts our morbid curiosity like a roadside accident, often generating wicked laughter.
The self-destructive exploits of Richard Parks, _demigod in the Church of the Useless_, leave a scattered trail of disturbingly brilliant images that shape his world of avoidance, disease, and reclusive plotting. Compensation is a refreshing affront to our politically correct sensibilities.
The self-destructive exploits of Richard Parks, _demigod in the Church of the Useless_, leave a scattered trail of disturbingly brilliant images that shape his world of avoidance, disease, and reclusive plotting. Compensation is a refreshing affront to our politically correct sensibilities.
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About the Author:
Devin Krukoff won the 2005 McClelland and Stewart Journey Prize for his story "The Last Spark". He is a current member of The Malahat Review’s editorial board and has been published in literary journals and magazines across Canada. This is his first book.
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- PublisherThistledown Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1897235194
- ISBN 13 9781897235195
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages151
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